John Hendel
Technology Reporter at POLITICO
Tech reporter at @POLITICO | Park View resident, native St. Louisan, usually in need of coffee | Say hello: [email protected], DM for Signal
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | John Hendel
With help from Daniella Cheslow and Mohar Chatterjee A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 4-20 mission, 2022. | AFP via Getty Images Space is becoming ever more central to human communications, as satellite-based broadband and vital navigation tools like GPS grow in importance. But how secure are these satellite connections, really? Satellite is still a relatively new broadband technology in the grand scheme of things.
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4 weeks ago |
politico.com | Ali Bianco |John Hendel
Trump said in a wide-ranging press conference in the Cabinet room at the White House on Tuesday that he would “love to” defund both NPR and PBS. “I think it’s very unfair, it’s been very biased — the whole group,” Trump told reporters. “The kind of money that’s being wasted, and it’s a very biased view.” The push is part of the president’s larger attempt to use his administration to punish media outlets he does not like.
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1 month ago |
benton.org | John Hendel
Evan Feinman, a top Commerce Department official sent a blistering email to his former colleagues on his way out the door warning that the Trump administration is poised to unduly enrich Elon Musk’s satellite internet company with money for rural broadband. The technology offered by Starlink, Musk’s company, is inferior, Feinman warned.
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1 month ago |
politico.com | John Hendel
“Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned. Elon Musk flashes a "DOGE" t-shirt to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House in Washington on March 9, 2025.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | John Hendel
1 day ago‘They ruined this place’: JD Vance and Usha Vance jeered as they attend concertJD Vance Usha Vance were booed by a crowd as they attended a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C, on Thursday, 13 March. The US vice president and second lady were jeered as they sat down to watch the National Symphony Orchestra. The venue has been in upheaval since Donald Trump forced out its leadership and took over as chair of the board of trustees.
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